Twitter / @MikeBaillie: People shouting, screaming ...
People shouting, screaming, rallying, protesting, all demanding climate action. This is democracy. This is the voice of the people. #COP17
"if we accept this text we are killing ourselves."--Island Ambassador at COP17 on the WEAK decision texts just released to address climate.
Thursday, there was a keynote (video available here) from Ben Santer at the Stephen Schneider event who persuasively argued that in doing the science necessary to refute baseless claims made in the media and in front of Congress, actual progress can be made beyond simply demonstrating that the original claim was made up. Specifically, he addressed a claim made by Will Happer, a Princeton professor, that no models demonstrate decadal variability in trends (which was not the case), and explored in depth the signal to noise ratio in determining climate trends much more comprehensively than had been done previously.
Durban climate change talks - the final day LIVE | Environment | guardian.co.uk
More on the protests from John Vidal. He says there are around 30 demonstrators who have invaded one of the the plenary halls and are now surrounded by UN security guards and chanting "90% now" in the corridors. The response from the delegates has been prolonged applause
Agreement would require countries to 'develop a legal framework' to commit to carbon reduction targets beyond 2020
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President Obama came into office promising to restore scientific integrity to policymaking, but his Administration has allowed politics to trump science several times
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